Farewell Nova Scotia - Gordon Lightfoot live

RIP, GORDON LIGHTFOOT.

RIP Sir your music is ageless. My 1st visit there was with my Ontario family back in 1961.

Stayed in touch with my home Provence,Nova Scotia, and Canadian Homeland during the five years in Southern Africa,(Rhodesia), through working in the field as a small mammal ecologist, to racial conflicts, war, combat medic,love, breakups,kept in company by Radio Canada International, posters sent from the Nova Scotia Tourist Bureau,and songs like this by Gordon Lightfoot. RIP Sir

RIP Gordon

Rest in peace, Gordon. Your songs will be with us forever.

Rest in Pease, Gordon. Thank you for your wonderful music and the stories you told. Heaven just called another great musician Home.

Farewell, Gordon. Until we meet again.

We’ve lost him. Farewell good sir. Thank you for your music.

Godspeed to a true Canadian Icon 🎶🇨🇦👑

Rest in Peace you Lyrical Genius.

Thanks for the music, maestro. We will meet on the other coast.

Great tunes Gordon. Thanks for the memories. RIP.

I AM HOMESICK CANT. WAIT TILL. I AM HOME

RIP Gordon Lightfoot and thank you for your great meaningful songs!

Fondest memories of one of my former lives, in Cape Breton. This song evokes the oldest, deepest of memories. Thank you, Gordon Lightfoot, for the unforgettable music and lyrics.

RIP Gordon Lightfoot ❤

I like this version .

My Favorite version ❤

What a niceeeeeee voice

Absolutely beautiful,

Red Shea the master in background.

Exquisite performance this was by Gordon of such a beautiful song, so long ago. Farewell Nova Scotia, and now so sad to say Farewell Gordon.😢

Farewell to you, Gordon Lightfoot.

His music and lyrics speak eloquently about my life as a young Canadian from the broad Prairies, living in many places in our great land. There is no other troubadour who can trigger the memories stored in this old mind.

Just keep the camera on Redd's guitar work. Amazing.

Thank you so much for everything you have given us Sir Gordon ....... RIP our wonderful friend Gordon

He used to come to Detroit quite a lot. We also used to see him in Windsor, Ontario.

Another great song from Mr. lightfoot

Wie könnte man diesen Mann nicht lieben?

Gordy's not gone. He lives in fond memories and every time his songs are played. Long live the friend I had from the first time I heard him, though never met in person. ❤️

Thank You Gordon Lightfoot.
Thank You Canada.

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I love Gordon lightfoots beautiful songs! I only, unfortunately started listening to them after his death! May he Rest In Peace! His songs will live on!

Wow!!! Never heard this. My beautiful Gordon…I will never let you go. 50 years ago at age 17, I found you and you can never be free from heart. 🙏🏻❤️🫶🏻🐴

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Thanks to you tube,I just discovered this great song....I've even been a huge fan of GL since 1969.

Is this song on any of his albums?

Farewell To Nova Scotia"

The sun was setting in the west
The birds were singing on every tree
All nature seemed inclined for rest
But still there was no rest for me

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast
Let your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me

I grieve to leave my native land
I grieve to leave my comrades all
And my aging parents whom I've always hold so dear
And the bonny, bonny lass that I do adore

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast
Let your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me

The drums they do beat and the wars do alarm
The captain calls, we must obey
So farewell, farewell to Nova Scotia's charms
For it's early in the morning I am far, far away

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast
Let your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me

I have three brothers and they are at rest
Their arms are folded on their breast
But a poor simple sailor just like me
Must be tossed and driven on the dark blue sea

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast
Let your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast
Let your mountains dark and dreary be
For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed
Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me

I too am from nova scotia now in the philippines . Miss my anna. Valley home

By far the cleanest guitar strummer of all time. Gord's guitar playing was vastly underrated. Greatest songwriter/poet of all time. Miss him a ton.

Beautiful in every way 💙💙

Man if I was a ship captain I would have Gordon playing over the P.A every time we were heading out to sea. I want to live on a boat in a marina and play Gordon lightfoot tunes all day.

Even after your passing Gord you still represent Canada 🇨🇦 in the best light I'm fortunate to have been at one of your last performances

Proud to be a Bluenoser 💙🩵🤍❤️💛

Gordon Lightfoot is our Canadian pride, iconic & legendary folk singer/song writer. I saw him once on the TTC Spadina subway line while going downtown during my college years as he used to live in the Toronto Rosedale/Summerhill neighborhood back in the early 90s. I respected his privacy. I regret not having talked to him though. Growing up as a son of Italian immigrants in the 60s & 70s Northern Ontario, I used to catch my late father playing and humming this tune on his Paolo Soprani accordian to his heart's content as this song was one of his favorites. On occasional weekends, he used to play at the Caruso Club in Sudbury with two of his buddies as a trio. We returned to Italy back in the mid 70's and on occasion I would catch him on the balcony playing and humming to this song. I returned to Canada and forty years have gone by in a flash but when I hum or whistle to this tune, I get a flood back of cherished memories of my dad playing Farewell Nova Scotia on his accordian along with tears of joy & sadness streaming down my face. Rest in peace Dad and Gord.

I have all of Gordon’s albums and don’t recall this song.

I liked Ian Tyson's version...

Briiliant

When my family went back to England in my late teens, I missed Canada desperately. I played Canadian Railroad Trilogy frequently. 50 years later, home in Canada, it still brings a tear to my eyes. Thanks Gordon.